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I was shaken awake this morning in the midst of a horrifying nightmare. I took a job working at R&R! Technically, of course, I was just laid off from said company, but in the dream, I had gone to work in an office full of dark wood cubicles, neatly aligned in endless rows, working directly with the crew of half-wits that I used to edit—but in real life, was neatly protected from working with directly, since they are located on the West Coast to my office here in New York.
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Most of those in the dream were anonymous faces—except for the mag's overall manager C—the woman with sixth-grade journalism skills that ultimately engineered my demise. She was frighteningly present. My NYC editor P and anyone that I had worked with in NYC were nowhere to be found.
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In my dream, I was going through my desk, wondering what the fuck had led to such a diabolical decision. Why had I taken the job? What was I going to do? How could I return to a place that I was relieved to have off my back, editing unskilled hacks again?
I awoke with a start, amazingly without screaming, and shook my head to make it all go away. Thank god it was all an illusion. I still shudder at the mere thought. Mercy! No more white wine at 2 a.m. for me!
I know it was a nightmare, but you made me laugh, Chuck. ;)
ReplyDeleteLOL! Yes terribly funny. What's interesting to me is that this morning I had a nightmare where I was coming out of a workshop with two co-workers, and as we were driving away, a storm came upon us. Some how my co-worker made a wrong turn that led to a narrow bridge. Well eventually we fell off the bridge and crashed in the river. In the end we swam a shore, and just felt confused at to what had just happened.
ReplyDeletetalk about work related dreams!